Richard Greenberg, the playwright behind Take me out,, Three days of rain And Oriental standardis dead. He was 67 years old.
The death of the winner of Tony was announced on social networks, where several people in the world of theater have since reacted to his death, including Denis O’Hare, who won a Tony for having created the role of the Gay Mason Accountant Take me out When he made his debut in London in 2002.
“Difficult to believe the genius that was Richard Greenberg is no longer,” he subtitled a photo of them. “I owe him more than I could say. He gave me the greatest gift of all time – a beautiful character to live in a beautiful room. ”
O’Hare continued: “He also gave me 2 of my best friends – Lisa Peterson and Linda Emond. We all met and worked on Rich’s One Act-The author’s voice to Remain Theater in 1987 in a festival of an act called “Sneaky SAITS”. I have a feeling of sneaky sorrow mixed with gratitude for this man. Rip Rich.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who also won a Tony when he played Mason in the revival of the play in 2022 of Broadway, wrote on his Instagram history, “Rest in Peace Richard. You have given this world so much.”
The theater director, Robert Falls, also reacted to the death of Greenberg after being “deeply in collaboration on his magnificent adaptation” by Philip Barry Vacationthat he called a “deep loss in the middle” before his first at the Goodman Theater in Chicago in February.
“The heart broken by the news of the death of playwright Richard Greenberg,” wrote Falls on Bluesky, adding: “For more than 30 years, it is one of the great pleasures of life to know the rich and its writing. Dublissant, human, very funny. The kindness was real.
Born on February 22, 1958 in New York, Greenberg graduated from Magna Cum Laude from Princeton University, where he studied creative writing under Joyce Carol Oates.
In addition to his winning work of Tony on Take me outGreenberg was known for writing pieces like Dazzling,, The American plan,, Life underwater And The author’s voiceas well as the 2013 Broadway adaptation of Breakfast at Tiffany And the book for musical Away from the sky.
